Keri Hilson, LeToya Luckett, Rick Ross, Adrienne Bailon, Estelle, Melody Thornton, Mario, and more were on hand to help BMI salute hip-hop and R&B’s leading songwriters, producers, and publishers at its annual Urban Awards on Thursday (Sept. 10) at Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.

Hip-hop titans T-Pain and Lil Wayne shared the Songwriter of the Year prize, while Polow Da Don and Kanye West both earned Producer of the Year titles.